The General Aircraft
GAL.
49 Hamilcar
Was
a large British military glider
Produced
during World War II
Commissioned
at the behest
Of
the then Prime Minister
Winston
Churchill
In
order to transport
Airborne
assault troops
And
heavy cargo into battle,
When
completed
The
Hamilcar was capable
Of
transporting heavy equipment
In
support of airborne troops.
The
glider could transport
A
single light tank
Or
two Universal Carriers.
Hamilcars
were only used
On
three occasions,
But
only in support
Of
British airborne forces.
They
first saw action in June 1944
Transporting
anti-tank guns
Assorted
armoured Vehicles
And
Tetrarch light tanks
Into
Normandy during Operation Tonga
They
were used in a similar way
During
Operation Market-Garden
And
finally in March 1945
During
Operation Varsity
When
they landed in Germany
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